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N.C. man claims $141M Powerball lottery jackpotNews Story
Takes cash option, netting $47 million after taxes Retired Asheville Fire Department employee Frank Griffin is $47 million richer, but he has few grand plans for the money. He mainly wants to spend more time with his wife. I may get us a new house later, but I really want to spend more time with her and my grandchildren, Griffin said Monday at a news conference where he was introduced as the sole winner of the $141 million Powerball lottery jackpot. Griffin choose the $69 million cash
Feb 9, 2010, 7:34 am - Lottery News

Minnesota Lottery draws winning numbers in raffleNews Story
The Minnesota Lottery selected the winning numbers Friday for its special New Year's Day Millionaire Raffle drawing. The full set of winning numbers are available on Lottery Post's Minnesota Lottery Results page (www.lotterypost.com/results/mn). Millionaire Raffle is the fourth annual holiday raffle game from the Minnesota State Lottery. Players purchased tickets for $10 each. Tickets went on sale Nov. 3 and were completely sold out by Dec. 23. The raffle has sold out in each of its fou
Jan 2, 2010, 9:19 am - Lottery News

Weeks from losing house, couple wins $7M lottery jackpotNews Story
A semi-retired security guard and a social worker from Desert Hot Springs claimed a $7 million lottery jackpot on Monday. John Estrada, 65, randomly selected the SuperLotto Plus winning numbers 8, 19, 20, 21, 41 and Mega number 3 on Saturday at a Chevron mini-mart on Palm Avenue south of Desert Hot Springs after his shift as a part-time security guard. That night, he and his wife, Patricia, 54, saw their numbers drawn for the jackpot. We checked the numbers many, many, many times and t
Dec 29, 2009, 9:16 am - Lottery News

Hawaii residents now taxed on Vegas winnings even if they loseNews Story
Huh? A new bill signed into law this month by Gov. Linda Lingle has some frequent Las Vegas visitors and local CPAs scratching their heads. Under House Bill 1495, no longer will gamblers be able to offset their winnings with their losses for Hawaii state income tax purposes. Previously gamblers would be taxed only on their net winnings, but now they will be taxed on gross winnings. A Hawaii resident who wins $10,000 in a year, for example, and loses $9,000 in the same year used to be ta
Jul 30, 2009, 9:13 am - Lottery News

Calif. man with 3 jobs wins $39M lottery jackpotNews Story
49-year-old plans to take wife to Hawaii and hire financial adviser For 20 years, Clyde Persley of Santa Cruz worked more than 60 hours a week making candy, driving limousines and waiting by the phone to pick up extra hours at a restaurant. He bought lottery tickets and hoped for his big break. And he got it. Persley, 49, turned in his winning SuperLotto Plus ticket to the California Lottery office Tuesday night, said California Lottery spokeswoman Cathy Doyle Johnston, and will receive
Jun 29, 2009, 1:57 pm - Lottery News

N.Y. woman shares lottery jackpot with sisterNews Story
Always look out for your little sister. Even or especially when you've just won $3 million in the lottery. That's the approach Lia Gentile took after winning the top prize in the New York Lottery's Money, Money, Money game with a ticket she purchased last month in a B-Kwik Mart on Seneca Street. Gentile, 44, of Buffalo, will keep half the jackpot. An equal $1.5 million share is going to her sister, Franca Cavitt, who is a year younger and lives in Crescent, Pa., near Pittsburgh, with
Feb 10, 2009, 9:09 am - Lottery News

Man chooses wrong lottery numbers and wins jackpotNews Story
For years, Bobby Guffey of Roanoke has been playing the same numbers in an attempt to win the Hoosier Lottery. His picks represent a combination of ages and numbers representing the months of his kids' birthdays. But when he bought a ticket for the Aug. 6 drawing of the Hoosier Lotto game at the Econoasis in Huntington, it was dark and he had forgotten his bifocals. He didn't realize until he was outside that the last number was accidentally 48 instead of his usual 46. It turns out
Aug 16, 2008, 9:14 am - Lottery News

Kellogg's worker won't change much after winning $1M lottery jackpotNews Story
Nancy Edwards headed to work $1 million richer this afternoon. Edwards, a Cave Spring, Georgia, resident employed at the Kellogg's plant in Rome, received a check today for winning the Georgia Lottery scratch-off game Cash Explosion then headed to her job at the plant. The presentation was held during her lunch break at the Kangaroo station located at 3131 Maple St. in Lindale where Edwards purchased the $10 ticket from clerk, and friend, Tia Frick. I'm so happy that I sold the $1 milli
Jun 4, 2008, 12:08 pm - Lottery News

$180 Million Lottery Winners: 'We Want A Regular Life'News Story
If you can't win it big in the lottery, you hope the ones who do seem worthy of the prize. Which is why few can be disappointed that a Minnesota couple has come forward to claim one of the biggest jackpots in North American history a whopping $180 million. Paul and Sue Rosenau were the sole winners of the Powerball lottery in last Saturday's big draw. The couple, from the small town of Waseca, will take a one time lump sum payment worth $59.6 million after taxes. Both are 54 and both st
May 9, 2008, 12:51 pm - Lottery News

Minnesota couple claims $180 million Powerball jackpotNews Story
Paul and Sue Rosenau are Minnesota's newest millionaires. The Waseca couple appeared this afternoon at a news conference at Minnesota Lottery headquarters in Roseville, introduced as the lucky winners of Saturday's $180.1 million Powerball drawing. The Rosenaus said they'll take the lump-sum payment of $88 million, or $59.6 million after taxes. The Rosenaus, both 54, hit the largest Powerball jackpot in state history. The Rosenaus have three adult children, and just last week had their sec
May 6, 2008, 5:40 pm - Lottery News